The Sweetest Gift

One day a mother, come to a prison

To see an erring, but precious son

She told the warden, how much she loved him

It did not matter, what he had done

She did not bring to him (bring to him)

Parole or pardon (pardon free)

She brought no silver (brought no gold)

No pomp nor style (him to see)

It was a halo (halo bright)

Sent down from heaven (heaven's light)

The sweetest gift (a mother's smile)

Her boy had wandered, far from the far side

Though she had pleaded, with him each night

But not a word did she ever utter

That told her heartaches, her smile was bright

She did not bring to him

Parole or pardon

She brought no silver (brought no gold)

No pomp nor style (him to see)

It was a halo (halo bright)

Sent down from heaven (heaven's light)

The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

She left a smile, you can remember

She's gone to heaven, from heartache's free

Them bars around you, will never change her

He was her baby, and there will be

She did not bring to him (bring to him)

Parole or pardon (pardon free)

She brought no silver (brought no gold)

No pomp nor style (him to see)

It was a halo (halo bright)

Sent down from heaven (heaven's light)

The sweetest gift, a mother's smile

It was a halo (halo bright)

Sent down from heaven (heaven's light)

The sweetest gift, a mother's smile